There are places in Baedal, it turns out, where a person can purchase a sword for themselves if they're so inclined. And they aren't replica swords one finds in comic book shops or at conventions where they're fashioned out of cheap metal and certainly not made to be properly fought with. No. The swords that a person can find in Baedal are functional, and this brings a smile to the lips of a small woman with blonde hair.

Odessa doesn't look the sort to be interested beyond an aesthetic level, like the type of person who looks for something to display above their fireplace. A conversation piece. The ceramic knife strapped to her thigh (if a person knew it was there beneath the drape of a heavy wool skirt) might tell a different story about Doctor Wander's relationship with bladed weapons, however.